RESOLUTION NO. 871 OF 2014
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY OF RUSTON, LOUISIANA TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AND TO INSTITUTE EXPROPRIATION ACTIONS NECESSARY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF U.S. 167/U.S. 63 & REYNOLDS DRIVE TURN LANE PROJECT IN THE CITY OF RUSTON, LOUISIANA
WHEREAS, the City of Ruston, Louisiana (the “City”), has declared construction of the U.S. 167/U.S. 63 & Reynolds Drive Turn Lane project, Lincoln Parish, State Project No. H.010432, designated as City Project No. 005-691 (the ”Project”), to be necessary and useful for the purposes of LSA-R.S. 19:135, et seq. and other applicable laws of the State of Louisiana, and that acquiring and expropriating property is within the purpose for which the City is organized; and, WHEREAS, the Project will require the acquisition of additional parcels of properties adjacent to and contiguous to the existing roadway and/or right-of-ways, specifically including, but not limited to, parcels or tracts of land from the following property parcels/tracts:
Parcel/Tract No. 1-1, 1-1-C-1 Owner
Karl E. Haury, Jr.
Judy Baker Haury
Parcel/Tract No.
1-2, 1-2-C-1, 1-2-C-2 Owner
4CP, L.L.C.
Parcel/Tract No.
1-3, 1-3-C-1, 1-3-C-2 Owner
Circle K Store, Inc.
Parcel/Tract No.
2-1, 2-1-C-1, 2-1-C-3 Owner
Brookshire Grocery Company
Parcel/Tract No.
2-2-C-1
Owner
Pinecrest of Ruston, Inc.
and,WHEREAS, in the event that the offers of compensation for the purchase/acquisition of the necessary additional parcels of property adjacent to, contiguous to or in the vicinity of the existing roadway and/or right-of-ways are not accepted by any property owner, and a voluntary agreement and/or settlement for the purchase/acquisition of said property cannot be reached on any of said property parcels listed above, then in that event the City, acting under the authority of and in a manner authorized by Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana (1974) and LSA-R.S. 19:135, et seq. and/or LSA-R.S. 48:411, et seq. or any other applicable laws of the State of Louisiana, desires to acquire said property by expropriation pursuant to applicable law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RUSTON, LOUISIANA:
1. The City is authorized to acquire all property necessary to facilitate construction and completion of the Project.
2. The City is authorized to institute and file any necessary expropriation or taking actions related to the Project in the proper court of law by attorneys representing the City pursuant to LSA-R.S. 19:135, et seq. and/or LSA-R.S. 48:441, et seq. or any other applicable laws of the State of Louisiana, and that such expropriation or taking is necessary and useful for the purposes of LSA-R.S. 19:135, et seq. and other applicable laws of the State of Louisiana.
3. The Mayor, Dan Hollingsworth, is authorized and empowered to execute all conveyance instruments, including purchase agreements, acts of sale, acts of donation, rights of way or servitude agreements, related to the Project, and to execute any and all other documents necessary to complete said Project, and to pursue any necessary expropriation actions related to the Project, whether or not involving the property tracts and/or owners referred to herein, and to execute any documents pursuant to such terms and conditions as he shall deem advisable, and he is authorized to execute any other documents related to the Project and do any and all things necessary and proper to carry out this Resolution and to fulfill its objects and purposes.
4. If any one or more of the provisions of this Resolution shall, for any reason, be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Resolution, but this Resolution shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained herein. Any constitutional or statutory provision enacted after the date of this Resolution which validates or makes legal any provision of this Resolution which would not otherwise be valid or legal, shall be deemed to apply to this Resolution.
5. This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption and signature of the Mayor.
Said Resolution having been read and considered by a quorum of the Board of Aldermen, on motion by Alderman Jedd Lewis, seconded by Alderman Jim Pearce, to adopt the Resolution, a record vote was taken and the following result was had:
YEA: ALDERWOMAN GLENDA HOWARD
ALDERMAN JEDD LEWIS
ALDERMAN ELMORE MAYFIELD
ALDERMAN JIM PEARCE
ALDERWOMAN MARIE S. RIGGS
NAY: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
WHEREUPON, the presiding officer declared the above Resolution duly adopted in full on this the 3rd day of February, 2014.
ATTEST:
EMMETT GIBBS, CLERK DAN HOLLINGSWORTH, MAYOR
1td: February 7, 2014

Sealed bids will be received at the Lincoln Parish School Board Maintenance Facility, 1428 Arlington Street, Ruston, LA, 71270, until 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 19, 2017 at which time bids will be opened and read aloud for the following items for Lincoln Parish Schools for the 2017-2018 session in accordance with specification:
Gasoline and Diesel

The Purchasing Office of the city of Ruston, Louisiana, located at Ruston Public Works Complex, 701 East Tennessee Avenue, Ruston, LA 71270 will be accepting SEALED BIDS until the hour of 10:00 a.m. local time TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2017, at which time all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the city of Ruston with a
36-MONTH BUY-BACK LEASE OF TWO (2) NEW HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS WITH AUTOMATED ARM AND DUMP BODY MOUNTED
As per specifications on file gratis:
The city of Ruston
Purchasing Office
701 East Tennessee Avenue
Ruston, Louisiana 71270
(318) 251-8631